Dublin City Council is to consider changing planning regulations to allow the construction of log cabins in the gardens of homes.

The motion will be presented by People Before Profit Cllr John Lyons before meeting of the Planning and Property Development Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) in September.

It is hoped that allowing log structures to be built in gardens might be a way of tackling the current housing crisis.

"A reasonable response to that by some people has been to construct log cabins in the back garden of their parent's homes or their friend's homes as a way of somewhat temporarily stepping out of the rather overheated private rental market so as to be able to save up some money for a deposit for a home for their families," Mr Lyons told Newstalk Breakfast.